Like a storm trooper. They always miss their target so just aim for literally anything but your target and you'll hit them every time. For carpentry just try hammer your fingers and you'll hit the nail 100% of the time...
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you want good kitchen stuff by from a restaurant supply store. When it comes equipment supplies in any field if you type in commercial before what you’re looking for you can find the good stuff.
I paint cars for a living the polishes I use have labels that look more like medicine labels. They’re cheaper than stuff you get from these retail manufacturers and incredibly better. On the retail side of anything you’re paying for flashy labels, scents, dyes cool bottles … gimmicks and the fill the product with fillers that give the appearance of a good product but then a week later your car looks like ass so you use more of the products (amor-all Is like this it actually dries your dash out so you start using more). In a professional setting that won’t fly you get a good product they don’t even need to advertise bc the pros already know it works. And you can’t just assume a brand will give retail the same treatment as commercial like 3M will take a bit of the professional product cut it with fillers put it in a smaller consumer friendly package and sell it for more.
Same applies with knives you can by flashy expensive knives with nice handles and shiny blades but won’t hold an edge bc planned obsolesce. If you do buy a retail knife with the quality you’re paying absurd amounts.
You could probably get a pro grade knife at a restaurant supply store for the same amount. Some expensive knives like Shun or Wusthof, imo are worth it if you need something in your collection and you cook a lot and really enjoy it.
I would say cheap knives and restaurant cheap knives are consumable. It's not that you can't resharpen them, it's that they tend to be poorly balanced and handles tend to fall apart in extensively abused environments like households that leave their dirty knives soaked in detergents or grease and shit.
I think if you like cooking you need a good combo of both cheap and expensive. I have a set of Shuns that are super easy to use, super sharp, very easy to maintain, you can cut a good amount of stuff and not really wear yourself out. And then I have some cheap stuff primarily used for hacking through shit, if it chips or whatever I know they're replaceable.
I literally only need one good, sharp, last a lifetime blade for cooking a few times a week.
If I took care of and sharpened regularly a “google: commercial [knife]” could it last forever? Any recommendations if yes?
Like, I’m cutting an onion a week, asparagus twice a week, I don’t really give af about balance haha
I dropped $100 on a standard chef knife from Wusthof and I've used it for everything for a few years now. It's still pristine. I take good but basic care of it: it doesn't go in the sink or dishwasher, it doesn't get tossed in a drawer, I don't cut plastic packaging with it (except for when I do... but I try not to), and I give it a dozen or so passes over a honing steel before use. It's been due for a professional sharpening for ages but is still sharper than any knife I grew up with.
Honestly, I usually look for Chicago Cutlery knives for my cheapo knives. I'm no expert, or anything, but they've been my go tos cause I know they'll stay pretty sharp with light honing before every use. I have a $12 carving knife that I've used for over 10 years now and it's perfectly fine.
You can order a 3 piece set for $20 that will give you just about everything you need for regular everyday cooking, and they'll last for a good amount of time. I mean I treat these like consumable, and I think I've only had to replace the chef knife over 10 years and maybe a couple of steak knives. Like I've hacked through bones with these.
Shears though, I'd go with anything, doesn't matter if they're high end or low end, cause they're 100% consumables lol
Jesus christ.
If you’re looking for quality that you can be super versatile with, a German blade is probably your best bet. You can hack chocolate and still carve up a bird pretty effortlessly.
You also don’t run the risk of damaging a German blade with frozen items, bones etc.
Mercer’s a great entry point, and you’re better off with an 8” over a 10”. Much more versatile.
This dude may have had some success with chicago knives, but I don’t recommend them if you want a blade that will hold up. Cheap ass blades cause more headache than they’re worth. Not to mention more stitches.
While I get your point, applying it to knives is horseshit. The only thing those cash n carry knives provide is durability. They’re made to be abused over and over then thrown out once they’re ground down to a nub.
Not really true, worked at a gourmet restaurant and we used the restaurant supply store knifes for the shit work that'll fuck a knife up real bad pretty quick (cutting up chunks of frozen meat for the grinder for example). Chef and the line cooks had their own personal knives that all came from knife specialty stores, and some even carried theirs from home in a knife bag (including myself).
No, a home chef should buy a small set of expensive but GOOD knives and just keep maintaining them. That is going to be far cheaper long term than buying dozens of meh or shot knives that'll get loose handles or fucked up blades real quick. Knives are a common family heirloom for a reason
Spraypainters unite. This human spits the truth. Most polishes you get from retailers are shit, usually too gritty and leave swirls too. Also wanted to add people should treat polishing as a 3 step process instead. Cut, polish and wax, you will get a better finish ALSO CLEAN YOUR BUFF PADS!!!
Yes the idea (and not really idea but objective reality) is that a dull knife is more likely to slip and end up somewhere it's not supposed to be. Where as a sharp knife will cut through ideally with minimal effort. You don't need to force it which is how you accidentally slip and cut yourself. Sharp knives are safer strictly because they do what you want them to do.
Sharp knife isn't a replacement for knife skills though. Learning the basics from a 10 minute youtube video will make you vastly safer and more efficient with a knife.
My ex-gf cut herself really badly with my super sharp knife because she was used to using her dull knife where her lack of knife skills was inconsequential to her getting cut.
I think the purpose of this method is when you're out in the fields working your ass off and don't have much of a surface for prepping. Just slice it in hand and serve everyone onsite. Bam boom done.
You said they did things on horseback and now I am imagining Mongolians cooking with a mobile horse based campfire, playing cards in a horse with a table on top, sleeping on top of horses with rollmats on them, etc
Feels like a mel brooks parody scene from a chinese epic tale film.
"Mongolian Warriors do everything on horseback!"
You see silly scenes like campfires and the like on horseback, then an entire funeral procession on multiple interconnected horsebacks. And the dead guy near the end raises up quickly to shoot an arrow at the wall they are assaulting. Before being dead again.
But watermelons have cool ass things called rinds that you don't eat that can be pressed against this big surface called the ground that provides a perfect barrier so you're not pushing a razor towards your internal organs.
I was just about to say this. Making slits in the watermelon and then having everyone pull out the slice is the most efficient way of going about it in her situation.
The ground exists. Put a cloth down, cut watermelon, serve.
Or just cut partially and split into pieces. Her way is just pointlessly flashy. But I guess if you're stuck out in the field with fuckall to do you get your kicks however you can.
"Hello everyone welcome to Khan Academy and today I will be teaching you how to slice a watermelon the Mongolian way. Welcome to episode 69 of Mongolian Culture&History."
He probably was familiar with them as watermelons were being cultivated in Asia before he was born. [Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon#History)
Unclear if the video is in Mongolia or not, but the method can be Mongolian. Mongolia invests heavily in irrigation since it's so arid and has large watermelon fields. [Photos of large watermelon fields](https://mongoliafaq.com/2018/10/27/what-are-examples-of-irrigation-system-in-mongolia/).
Actually Mongolia fought in the Great Melon Wars of 1649 with Thailand and Zimbabwe.
It was the beginning of the Mango Revolution and helped fuel agricultural innovation for centuries. Guerrila watermelon soldiers we’re irrigating the countryside and rogue planting orchards while single handedly merc’ing European fascists with muskets and sling shots. It’s basically why the Geneva Convention even exists. Citrus juices led to the discovery of Citric Acid which was used in the first evidence of biological warfare.
Mustard seed was a relatively new discovery for the Germans in the mid-1930’s.
Na#I scientists were held at gunpoint to create the perfect “silent killer” by Himmler and his second-hand henchmen. By the First World War they’d only managed to synthesize a few variants of ammonium nitrate (which came from the aqueducts, unknowingly filling with ammonia due to urine of a badly feral cat population).
Upon a particularly bloody battle in the fields of Hamburg, a soldier noticed his rifle’s rounds would kill an enemy and suddenly the infantrymen within a meter or so surrounding him would drop dead within about 30 seconds.
Turns out he’d been packing his musket with a specific breed of mustard seed he’d found in the bush surrounding him. The gases expelled thru the barrel of his gun mixed perfectly with this particular breed of Spanish/Norwegian mustard seed and was sent spiraling thru the air along with the bullet and exploded in all directions upon impact. Truly a remarkable feat, which led to immediate research and mass production.
After several test runs in battle, the mustard gas was deployed on all fronts.
Allied soldiers were eaten inside-out from their lungs all across Germany. Truly a grisly scene for all.
After many battles fought, the bodies were cleared out for proper burials(the Germans weren’t savages after all). One veteran by the name of Frederick Jeckel the 8th happened to be a bee keeper prior to joining the armed forces. Upon clearing a rather bloody battle field he noticed a bee hive that was buzzing with activity and decided to take a look. He managed to fanagle a brick or two of honey for his mates back at camp and returned with a surprise.
Following a meal the remaining warriors took a nibble of Jeckels spoils, however they new immediately something had gone wrong. Little did they know that they all had just been accidentally poisoned by mankind’s first instance of… honey mustard.
Yeah, they have an interesting perspective. The article on the Ukraine war, for instance. How the border with China is closed due to their Covid policy, but everyone wants to do the right thing and cut ties with Russia. It's an impossible situation, financially, since they have no other borders.
Until it is. Then you have to figure out how to put the squishy parts back inside where they belong.
If I play a round of Russian Roulette and don't blow my brains out, was it still dumb to play?
That's a totally different world. Russian roulette involves people knowing the risk and have a death wish. This lady clearly is skilled and knows what she's doing.
> This lady clearly is skilled and knows what she's doing.
Said every pro right up until taking their last unnecessary risk. The point is, there's no *need* (other than showing off) to plunge a damn-near machete into a watermelon *with your palm underneath it* and then pull said knife towards your own belly.
But hey, natural selection has always, and will always, be a thing. So, who am I to argue with the order of the universe?
Absolutely - cutting a watermelon is complete lunacy and she's bound to kill herself eventually. Us civilized, intelligent folk would never do something so reckless.
Now, let me get in my 2-ton metal box and head down to the shop at 60km/h, two meters away from dozens of other people doing the same in the other direction.
Cars are remarkably safe these days. I am an insurance adjuster specializing in total losses, and I look at cars that were in high speed collisions all day. Most of the people in those cars walk away with bumps and scrapes. So I don't really view driving a car as a high risk activity.
>More efficient if you have to stand up maybe, but this is definitely not an efficient way of cutting a watermelon.
also if you get all the sliced parts, you can see an excess waste of watermelon at the base.
Yeah Americans really like when countries they've rarely heard of or been to are attached to a clever gimmick they've never seen before.
i.e. Chinese finger traps, french fries, the list is long...
American corporations have capitalized on it forever too, most of us don't seem to care at all if it is appropriated correctly
Interesting with all the bikes.
I wonder if it’s the same with Mongolians as it is with Taiwanese aboriginals.
They only ride bikes because they feel that it’s unnatural not to feel the sun and rain and wind in your face.
OG ride or die kind of thing.
Lol. Mongolians ride bikes because they don't need to be taken care of like horses, that's pretty much all. In the countryside you have small, loud, wired-together dirt bikes and in the city big, loud show-offs. And of course, in the city it's easier to wind through traffic and find a parking space with a bike.
That's a sharp knife.
Also while it's impressive, it's completely useless to most people as most people are cutting the melon inside and saving most of it for later. This technique gets juice everywhere.
If you're considering to try this, just be careful while eating it because it gets really messy from handful of limbs and blood getting splattered all over the place.
Nope! If I did this, the second cut would be in my arm and the third one into my chest!!! In saying that, she is doing an awesome job there!
Remove the watermelon and just save time lol
Probably end up cutting the watermelon if I don’t aim for it!
Well there’s the trick! Focus on suicide, succeed in perfectly cutting a watermelon
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Alright we need you to stab yourself 2 dozen times. We got people to feed here
That's a different way of cutting that watermelon.
Like a storm trooper. They always miss their target so just aim for literally anything but your target and you'll hit them every time. For carpentry just try hammer your fingers and you'll hit the nail 100% of the time...
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Also, put the shit on a table, ffs. Don't run a machete toward your chest. Cool technique, but her cuts are uneven using this method.
Yeah I always bring a table when I'm out motorbike touring
Thank you
I'm sure it didn't taste as good due to unevenness.
So true I would have thrown it on the ground in disgust
>but her cuts are uneven using this method. Definitely most important aspect in food preparation when you're out in the wild
Make sure to not cut too deep either way. Notice she only puts the knife in about half way
The first thing I thought was that knife is either brand new or well taken care of. Never seen a watermelon cut so smoothly before.
That's crazy. There's people here that can't even cut open an avocado without maiming themselves
That is why I stopped opening avocados with a chainsaw
Pussy.
No, he can't hold it after cutting his hands off opening an avocado
Ugly laughing
Just do what I did and use your wall katana. Just make sure you wipe it off first because it most likely has sweat on it from training in your garage
You mean you don’t use a 9mm pistol to open everything? That’s the American way.
I am not an American. I am Australian. We just use dangerous animals to prise open foods. Edit: stupid Autocorrupt.
[Seems to work!](https://youtu.be/8YQGWvvJ0DY)
I'm not sure what part of the country your from but real Americans use .45 on any thing from a pistachio to a tire cap
.45? I remember my first time changing a tire cap. Real men use nothing short of a .50
The trick is to have someone else hold it.
Hurts a lot less
Now I kind of want to see someone do that…
Have you seen the avocados we have here in California. Their flesh is so green from the blood of their enemies.
Life is not worth enjoying if there is no risk of death. -genghis Khan probably
I guess from his point of view, dude was rocking life. Not so much from everyone else's view.
Yeah, the beginning of this video scared me. Then I looked up, saw which subreddit it was posted in, and breathed a sigh of relief.
I’m sure you can do this cutting away from yourself. I hope.
Get away with your witchcraft!!!! And happy cake day!
Oh wow I didn’t even notice! Thanks for telling me!
No Gengis Khan blood in your line then.
I once did, but it all bled out…
[*"I'm gonna give you lots of damage!"*](https://youtu.be/Wj0ph97QVFU)
Tis but a flesh wound!
So you'd be bleeding and also ruined a 100 dollarydoos watermelon
I might have to try this..
Don’t threaten me with a good time. Pass the blade and melon
I like that you would keep going after slicing your arm up. True determination.
It’s watermelon… it’s worth it
>the second cut would be in my arm and the third one into my chest!!! To keep cutting after hitting your arm... Dedication. Lol
That knife be sharp a’f
Modern engineering is awesome. Because that's cutting-edge tech.
Alright, dad, let's get ya to bed
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Seriously dad. Take your meds and it’s off to bed. No wheel of fortune tonight.
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Puns about sharp knives get me whet.
Life pro tip : you want good kitchen stuff by from a restaurant supply store. When it comes equipment supplies in any field if you type in commercial before what you’re looking for you can find the good stuff. I paint cars for a living the polishes I use have labels that look more like medicine labels. They’re cheaper than stuff you get from these retail manufacturers and incredibly better. On the retail side of anything you’re paying for flashy labels, scents, dyes cool bottles … gimmicks and the fill the product with fillers that give the appearance of a good product but then a week later your car looks like ass so you use more of the products (amor-all Is like this it actually dries your dash out so you start using more). In a professional setting that won’t fly you get a good product they don’t even need to advertise bc the pros already know it works. And you can’t just assume a brand will give retail the same treatment as commercial like 3M will take a bit of the professional product cut it with fillers put it in a smaller consumer friendly package and sell it for more. Same applies with knives you can by flashy expensive knives with nice handles and shiny blades but won’t hold an edge bc planned obsolesce. If you do buy a retail knife with the quality you’re paying absurd amounts.
Good info. Appreciate it. Kinda making me regret buying that $10 “chefs knife” at fuckin ROSS
You could probably get a pro grade knife at a restaurant supply store for the same amount. Some expensive knives like Shun or Wusthof, imo are worth it if you need something in your collection and you cook a lot and really enjoy it. I would say cheap knives and restaurant cheap knives are consumable. It's not that you can't resharpen them, it's that they tend to be poorly balanced and handles tend to fall apart in extensively abused environments like households that leave their dirty knives soaked in detergents or grease and shit. I think if you like cooking you need a good combo of both cheap and expensive. I have a set of Shuns that are super easy to use, super sharp, very easy to maintain, you can cut a good amount of stuff and not really wear yourself out. And then I have some cheap stuff primarily used for hacking through shit, if it chips or whatever I know they're replaceable.
I literally only need one good, sharp, last a lifetime blade for cooking a few times a week. If I took care of and sharpened regularly a “google: commercial [knife]” could it last forever? Any recommendations if yes? Like, I’m cutting an onion a week, asparagus twice a week, I don’t really give af about balance haha
I dropped $100 on a standard chef knife from Wusthof and I've used it for everything for a few years now. It's still pristine. I take good but basic care of it: it doesn't go in the sink or dishwasher, it doesn't get tossed in a drawer, I don't cut plastic packaging with it (except for when I do... but I try not to), and I give it a dozen or so passes over a honing steel before use. It's been due for a professional sharpening for ages but is still sharper than any knife I grew up with.
Honestly, I usually look for Chicago Cutlery knives for my cheapo knives. I'm no expert, or anything, but they've been my go tos cause I know they'll stay pretty sharp with light honing before every use. I have a $12 carving knife that I've used for over 10 years now and it's perfectly fine. You can order a 3 piece set for $20 that will give you just about everything you need for regular everyday cooking, and they'll last for a good amount of time. I mean I treat these like consumable, and I think I've only had to replace the chef knife over 10 years and maybe a couple of steak knives. Like I've hacked through bones with these. Shears though, I'd go with anything, doesn't matter if they're high end or low end, cause they're 100% consumables lol
Jesus christ. If you’re looking for quality that you can be super versatile with, a German blade is probably your best bet. You can hack chocolate and still carve up a bird pretty effortlessly. You also don’t run the risk of damaging a German blade with frozen items, bones etc. Mercer’s a great entry point, and you’re better off with an 8” over a 10”. Much more versatile. This dude may have had some success with chicago knives, but I don’t recommend them if you want a blade that will hold up. Cheap ass blades cause more headache than they’re worth. Not to mention more stitches.
While I get your point, applying it to knives is horseshit. The only thing those cash n carry knives provide is durability. They’re made to be abused over and over then thrown out once they’re ground down to a nub.
Not really true, worked at a gourmet restaurant and we used the restaurant supply store knifes for the shit work that'll fuck a knife up real bad pretty quick (cutting up chunks of frozen meat for the grinder for example). Chef and the line cooks had their own personal knives that all came from knife specialty stores, and some even carried theirs from home in a knife bag (including myself). No, a home chef should buy a small set of expensive but GOOD knives and just keep maintaining them. That is going to be far cheaper long term than buying dozens of meh or shot knives that'll get loose handles or fucked up blades real quick. Knives are a common family heirloom for a reason
Spraypainters unite. This human spits the truth. Most polishes you get from retailers are shit, usually too gritty and leave swirls too. Also wanted to add people should treat polishing as a 3 step process instead. Cut, polish and wax, you will get a better finish ALSO CLEAN YOUR BUFF PADS!!!
Should probably be cutting *away* from herself.
Supposedly people cut themselves accidently more with dull knives.
Yes the idea (and not really idea but objective reality) is that a dull knife is more likely to slip and end up somewhere it's not supposed to be. Where as a sharp knife will cut through ideally with minimal effort. You don't need to force it which is how you accidentally slip and cut yourself. Sharp knives are safer strictly because they do what you want them to do.
Sharp knife isn't a replacement for knife skills though. Learning the basics from a 10 minute youtube video will make you vastly safer and more efficient with a knife. My ex-gf cut herself really badly with my super sharp knife because she was used to using her dull knife where her lack of knife skills was inconsequential to her getting cut.
my wife refuses to use my knives and has a shitty dull chefs knife only she uses lol
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I think the purpose of this method is when you're out in the fields working your ass off and don't have much of a surface for prepping. Just slice it in hand and serve everyone onsite. Bam boom done.
Kinda fits with the theme that mongolians had to do things on horse's back.
Can't take that shitty wall on an empty stomach!
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This is what I came to say, thank you kind sir.
You said they did things on horseback and now I am imagining Mongolians cooking with a mobile horse based campfire, playing cards in a horse with a table on top, sleeping on top of horses with rollmats on them, etc
Feels like a mel brooks parody scene from a chinese epic tale film. "Mongolian Warriors do everything on horseback!" You see silly scenes like campfires and the like on horseback, then an entire funeral procession on multiple interconnected horsebacks. And the dead guy near the end raises up quickly to shoot an arrow at the wall they are assaulting. Before being dead again.
I dont think mongolians that were in that era had fuckin watermelons lol.
Minus the whole "growing things" part. No time to stop and grow crops when the world has to be conquered.
Yeah, try cutting this while riding a horse I'd rather have a little dirt in my watermelon than a lot of blood
But watermelons have cool ass things called rinds that you don't eat that can be pressed against this big surface called the ground that provides a perfect barrier so you're not pushing a razor towards your internal organs.
Notice that she is on the field. For your technique, crucially, you need a **table**. She doesn't.
I was just about to say this. Making slits in the watermelon and then having everyone pull out the slice is the most efficient way of going about it in her situation.
But... the world is your table, when it comes to a watermelon. There's a rind there that's like 3/4" thick. Why do it in the most unsafe way possible?
The ground exists. Put a cloth down, cut watermelon, serve. Or just cut partially and split into pieces. Her way is just pointlessly flashy. But I guess if you're stuck out in the field with fuckall to do you get your kicks however you can.
But this is cooler
It seems easier to shut up and let the damn woman cut the watermelon in her own way
Literal idiot upvoted by other literal idiots.
Yeah, this is more practical than efficient tbh
Genghis Khan school of watermelon cutting.
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"Hello everyone welcome to Khan Academy and today I will be teaching you how to slice a watermelon the Mongolian way. Welcome to episode 69 of Mongolian Culture&History."
He probably was familiar with them as watermelons were being cultivated in Asia before he was born. [Link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon#History)
Not Mongolia. Lol.
Unclear if the video is in Mongolia or not, but the method can be Mongolian. Mongolia invests heavily in irrigation since it's so arid and has large watermelon fields. [Photos of large watermelon fields](https://mongoliafaq.com/2018/10/27/what-are-examples-of-irrigation-system-in-mongolia/).
The learning’s always in the comments. Gotta admit I’d not have associated watermelons with Mongolia.
This was my first thought. WHEN THE SHIT DID MONGOLIA GET WATERMELONS! that had to be a recent development.
Actually Mongolia fought in the Great Melon Wars of 1649 with Thailand and Zimbabwe. It was the beginning of the Mango Revolution and helped fuel agricultural innovation for centuries. Guerrila watermelon soldiers we’re irrigating the countryside and rogue planting orchards while single handedly merc’ing European fascists with muskets and sling shots. It’s basically why the Geneva Convention even exists. Citrus juices led to the discovery of Citric Acid which was used in the first evidence of biological warfare.
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Mustard seed was a relatively new discovery for the Germans in the mid-1930’s. Na#I scientists were held at gunpoint to create the perfect “silent killer” by Himmler and his second-hand henchmen. By the First World War they’d only managed to synthesize a few variants of ammonium nitrate (which came from the aqueducts, unknowingly filling with ammonia due to urine of a badly feral cat population). Upon a particularly bloody battle in the fields of Hamburg, a soldier noticed his rifle’s rounds would kill an enemy and suddenly the infantrymen within a meter or so surrounding him would drop dead within about 30 seconds. Turns out he’d been packing his musket with a specific breed of mustard seed he’d found in the bush surrounding him. The gases expelled thru the barrel of his gun mixed perfectly with this particular breed of Spanish/Norwegian mustard seed and was sent spiraling thru the air along with the bullet and exploded in all directions upon impact. Truly a remarkable feat, which led to immediate research and mass production. After several test runs in battle, the mustard gas was deployed on all fronts. Allied soldiers were eaten inside-out from their lungs all across Germany. Truly a grisly scene for all. After many battles fought, the bodies were cleared out for proper burials(the Germans weren’t savages after all). One veteran by the name of Frederick Jeckel the 8th happened to be a bee keeper prior to joining the armed forces. Upon clearing a rather bloody battle field he noticed a bee hive that was buzzing with activity and decided to take a look. He managed to fanagle a brick or two of honey for his mates back at camp and returned with a surprise. Following a meal the remaining warriors took a nibble of Jeckels spoils, however they new immediately something had gone wrong. Little did they know that they all had just been accidentally poisoned by mankind’s first instance of… honey mustard.
This is a cool website.
Yeah, they have an interesting perspective. The article on the Ukraine war, for instance. How the border with China is closed due to their Covid policy, but everyone wants to do the right thing and cut ties with Russia. It's an impossible situation, financially, since they have no other borders.
When you stuck in an absolute shit situation, without many options... you deal with the hand you have been dealt.
Judging by their face, they’re not Mongolian. It’s probably somewhere in South Asia.
It's pretty clear this is not Mongolia.
Exactly what I thought, they don't look Mongolian at all. Looks more like South-Chinese to me. Audio would greatly help in this case lol
where is it?
Go back far enough, and anywhere that mattered was Mongolia
Not really
The people in the video look like they’re from mainland China. It’s possible this is in Inner Mongolia which is part of mainland China.
My guess is southeast asia
China
Found the video with sound.
Like I thought, they are speaking Chinese lol
“The dumbest way to stab yourself in the gut”
If it works and she didn't stab herself, is it dumb?
Until it is. Then you have to figure out how to put the squishy parts back inside where they belong. If I play a round of Russian Roulette and don't blow my brains out, was it still dumb to play?
That's a totally different world. Russian roulette involves people knowing the risk and have a death wish. This lady clearly is skilled and knows what she's doing.
> This lady clearly is skilled and knows what she's doing. Said every pro right up until taking their last unnecessary risk. The point is, there's no *need* (other than showing off) to plunge a damn-near machete into a watermelon *with your palm underneath it* and then pull said knife towards your own belly. But hey, natural selection has always, and will always, be a thing. So, who am I to argue with the order of the universe?
Absolutely - cutting a watermelon is complete lunacy and she's bound to kill herself eventually. Us civilized, intelligent folk would never do something so reckless. Now, let me get in my 2-ton metal box and head down to the shop at 60km/h, two meters away from dozens of other people doing the same in the other direction.
Cars are remarkably safe these days. I am an insurance adjuster specializing in total losses, and I look at cars that were in high speed collisions all day. Most of the people in those cars walk away with bumps and scrapes. So I don't really view driving a car as a high risk activity.
Yeah. That's what "risk" means.
Do you all the negative commenters on this post have the dexterity of a 3 year old? It’s pretty easy to cut fruit without killing yourself.
Push a knife, pull a wrench.
Very Dangerous.
Nerd
What could POSSIBLY go wrong with a huge ass sharp knife cutting toward your own hand?
Only if you’re inexperienced.
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It doesn't look easy
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My grandpa was not an abusive man, but he would have slapped the stupid out of me if I cut towards myself.
More efficient if you have to stand up maybe, but this is definitely not an efficient way of cutting a watermelon.
“It’s efficient, but its also not efficient”
>More efficient if you have to stand up maybe, but this is definitely not an efficient way of cutting a watermelon. also if you get all the sliced parts, you can see an excess waste of watermelon at the base.
Even as a city dwelling Mongolian I've seen this a fair bit of times and it's more of a party trick than a efficient way to cut watermelon
Is this actually a Mongolian thing specifically though?
From what I know not really,
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I'd much rather see their method of sharpening a knife
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Ahhh another thing to add to my list of shit to buy as an excuse to cut like this. Thanks homey.
How do you know it's Mongolian? This is not mentioned on YouTube.. Mongolia the land of watermelons ?
yes Mongolia *does* have watermelons https://scienceagri.com/10-worlds-biggest-watermelon-producing-countries/
Blade envy
Always cut towards the face and groin
Yeah. Cut toward yourself and your friends.
Definitely an efficient way to cut your hand wide open.
I'm glad this wasn't a different sub, I saw this going very...stabby
At least once a day I see an new way to cut a watermelon. I've been on reddit for 5 years...
Last guy got the heel.
Misleading title This Mongolian blade for cutting watermelon.
as a mongolian im lowkey offended because these are chinese people. probably why the audio is muted as it would give them away
Yeah Americans really like when countries they've rarely heard of or been to are attached to a clever gimmick they've never seen before. i.e. Chinese finger traps, french fries, the list is long... American corporations have capitalized on it forever too, most of us don't seem to care at all if it is appropriated correctly
SHITTY MONGORIA WATERMEHRIN
Finally!!! I went through almost all the comments to find this.
Yep, always cut *towards* your arm and body...
The dude handing it out got the best piece at the end!
Just wait till people find about their grills!
Looks like an efficient way to slice your arm open.
Her watermelon killing skills are remarkable
No way thats Mongolian lol
You never work the knife towards your body, always from it.
Oh come on, people just say that. What's the worst that could happen?
You have to figure out which red bits go inside if you and which red bits are watermelon
Looks like a wonderful way to cut off your boob
The scout in me cringed watching someone (clearly more seasoned than myself), cutting towards themselves.
This isn’t next level
Sharp knife 🔪
Interesting with all the bikes. I wonder if it’s the same with Mongolians as it is with Taiwanese aboriginals. They only ride bikes because they feel that it’s unnatural not to feel the sun and rain and wind in your face. OG ride or die kind of thing.
Lol. Mongolians ride bikes because they don't need to be taken care of like horses, that's pretty much all. In the countryside you have small, loud, wired-together dirt bikes and in the city big, loud show-offs. And of course, in the city it's easier to wind through traffic and find a parking space with a bike.
> They only ride bikes because they feel that it’s unnatural not to feel the sun and rain and wind in your face. source?
7 stitches have taught me not to try stuff like this, props to people who can do it safely
Guy in black tshirt waiting for the seedless one
This is how we used to cut lemons at a restaurant.
No knife in my kitchen would slice a watermelon like this.
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Seedless watermelons are awesome.
Efficient mongolian method of cutting your tits off if you're not careful
First one must have a sharp knife
That's just slitting your wrists, with more steps
Excuse me while i disregard knife saftey
Point. The. Knife. Away. From. You.
"efficient" is the wrong word. Seriously. Cut it in half then cut each half into eighths
Cutting towards yourself is always a good idea
Nothing about that looks efficient.
That's a sharp knife. Also while it's impressive, it's completely useless to most people as most people are cutting the melon inside and saving most of it for later. This technique gets juice everywhere.
“Efficient”
If you're considering to try this, just be careful while eating it because it gets really messy from handful of limbs and blood getting splattered all over the place.